"Blazing Wind Gu?"
Qing Dai looked puzzled beside them.
"Don't underestimate it!"
Lan Die'er blinked and explained, "We have an old saying in the Miao Borderlands: 'Better a bite from the golden silkworm than a wisp of blazing wind.' Once this blazing wind gu is refined, it strikes without shape or substance, like a scorching wind sweeping through. It eats away at true qi and burns the meridians, making it almost impossible to guard against. Those afflicted suffer as though seized by a splitting migraine, in agony beyond endurance. It's known as the assassin among gu! Your swordsmanship is incredibly swift, Mr. Lu, which suits this gu perfectly. Used together, they'd surely give a tiger wings!"
Lu Changfeng knew about the blazing wind gu.
It differed from the golden silkworm gu. The golden silkworm gu "reigned supreme over all beneath heaven," unmatched in its yin chill and toxicity; the blazing wind gu "followed like a shadow," unmatched in its sinister, uncanny nature.
Its power fell short of the golden silkworm's, but its ability to torment people was even more vicious!
Besides "Better a bite from the golden silkworm than a wisp of blazing wind," another saying captured its horror: "The golden silkworm gu takes your life; the blazing wind gu destroys your heart!"
For anyone afflicted by this gu, life was worse than death!
Lu Changfeng needed a poison to grind progress in the Medical Canon, and the blazing wind gu was just right. He stopped standing on ceremony and accepted the bamboo basket. "In that case, it would be rude of me to refuse. Thank you, Miss Lan."
Their trip into Li Mountain had yielded a tremendous harvest. Not only had the Bloodweaving Spider recovered its vitality and the voice-transmitting gu been refined, but they had also obtained a